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@ellerbracke

I am scheduled for Zometa infusions for both preventing further bone loss, and reducing the chance of breast cancer to spread to bones. Seems to be a 2 year regimen, with bone density tests and blood work for calcium levels at intervals. Worst bone density in my right hip is actually not bad yet, but with AI meds it will worsen for sure. Again, there comes a point where I have to trust my oncologist, and go with the statistically best outcome. I’m not secure enough to go research all and any kind of alternative or natural or untested treatments/supplements/minerals/ total change of food sources. So be it. Being diagnosed with breast cancer was scary enough, I don’t want to experiment with potentially great, but also potentially useless, remedies to deal with the osteoporosis and the AI side effects over the next 5 years.

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@ellerbracke I know exactly how you feel. I wasted a little over a year trying to go natural with exercise, calcium, protein, D3, etc. and all I got was worse bones. We have to do something. I have heard of very few people who were able to achieve an improvement without medications.
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